【考研类试卷】2009年武汉大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案解析.doc

1、2009年武汉大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷及答案解析(总分：6.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、分析题(总题数：3，分数：6.00)1.Give a summary of the main idea of the poem by William Wordsworth and give a brief comment on it in the context of English Romanticism. (10 points)TO THE CUCKOONOT the whole warbling grove in concert heardWhen sunshine follows sho

2、wer, the breast can thrillLike the first summons, Cuckoo! of thy bill,With its twin notes inseparably paired.The captive “mid damp vaults unsunned, unaired,Measuring the periods of his lonely doom,That cry can reach; and to the sick man“s roomSends gladness, by no languid smile declared.The lordly e

3、agle-race through hostile searchMay perish; time may come when never moreThe wilderness shall hear the lion roar;But, long as cock shall crow from household perchTo rouse the dawn, soft gales shall speed thy wing,And thy erratic voice be faithful to the Spring!（分数：2.00）_2.Based on the Moll Flanders,

4、 Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, and Tess of the D“Urbervilles, discuss the development of women“s awareness of their status in love and marriage.(10 points)（分数：2.00）_3.The relationship between man and nature is a recurrent theme, and perhaps one of the most important themes, in American literature.

5、 Write a short essay on it by contrasting two or three American literary works, or two or three American literary movements, to tell what you know about their different views of nature. (20 points)（分数：2.00）_2009年武汉大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷答案解析(总分：6.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、分析题(总题数：3，分数：6.00)1.Give a summary of the ma

6、in idea of the poem by William Wordsworth and give a brief comment on it in the context of English Romanticism. (10 points)TO THE CUCKOONOT the whole warbling grove in concert heardWhen sunshine follows shower, the breast can thrillLike the first summons, Cuckoo! of thy bill,With its twin notes inse

7、parably paired.The captive “mid damp vaults unsunned, unaired,Measuring the periods of his lonely doom,That cry can reach; and to the sick man“s roomSends gladness, by no languid smile declared.The lordly eagle-race through hostile searchMay perish; time may come when never moreThe wilderness shall

8、hear the lion roar;But, long as cock shall crow from household perchTo rouse the dawn, soft gales shall speed thy wing,And thy erratic voice be faithful to the Spring!（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：This poem shows wordsworth“s view that nature can bring back memories. He uses the Cuckoo that he hears as a man

9、 and it reminds him of when he was a schoolboy trying to search for it. “Thou bringest unto me a tale of visionary hours“ means that the cuckoo brought back so many memories to the speaker that he could envision them for hours. The poem is about childhood memories making an older man remember a Gold

10、en Age when something as simple as a cuckoo bird was amazing. The poem reveals Wordsworth“s aesthetic opinion in poetry creation: to express the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings over beauties of nature in the simple words and lyrics.)解析：解析：本题考查华兹华斯的致布谷鸟，并以此分析英国浪漫主义诗歌的特点。浪漫主义诗歌的本质特征是主观性与抒情性。

11、浪漫主义者崇尚大自然，歌颂自然之美。浪漫主义者重视民间文学，艺术上喜用夸张手法，追求强烈的美丑对比和出奇制胜的艺术效果。考生可以此为出发点对诗歌进行分析。2.Based on the Moll Flanders, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, and Tess of the D“Urbervilles, discuss the development of women“s awareness of their status in love and marriage.(10 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：The 18th century

12、 is a very significant period in order to analyze how the society at that time dealt with love and marriages. Moll Flanders is a very good example of how women took advantage of marriage. Here we find a woman that sees marriage as a business, where she can secure a social status, economic stability

13、and companionship. Although love is secondary for her, she sometimes fined it. In the 19th century, property possession seemed to be the measure of women“s position in the family. In Pride and Prejudice, the main subject in the novel is stated in the first sentence of the novel, “it is a truth unive

14、rsally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.“ However, Jane Austin also allows personal feelings of the characters to be expressed in her work. In the figure of Elizabeth, Austen shows passion attempting to find a valid mode of existence in socie

15、ty passion and reasons also comes together in the novel to show that they are complementary of marriage. The appeal for women“s independence is even intense in Jane Eyre. The main quest in Jane Eyre is Jane“s search for family, for a sense of belonging and love. However, this search is constantly te

16、mpered by Jane“s need for independence. She is unable to accept Mr. Rochester“s first marriage proposal because she realizes that their marriageone based on unequal social standingwould compromise her autonomy. Jane similarly denies St. John“s marriage proposal, as it would be one of duty, not of pa

17、ssion. Only when she gains financial and emotional autonomy, after having received her inheritance and the familial love of her cousins, can Jane accept Rochester“s offer. In addition, Hardy“s Tess presents a wretched picture of women“s situation in the family. For characters in the novel, marriage

18、is not about love, but rather social, financial, and religious prosperity. So the rebellious image of Tess is self-evident to the awakened women“s awareness.)解析：解析：本题考查女性主义意识在 18、19 世纪文学中的体现。考生可以通过分析题中给出小说中女性角色的意识与行为对此进行作答。3.The relationship between man and nature is a recurrent theme, and perhaps o

19、ne of the most important themes, in American literature. Write a short essay on it by contrasting two or three American literary works, or two or three American literary movements, to tell what you know about their different views of nature. (20 points)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：Throughout American Litera

20、ture, many authors use the symbol of nature to correspond with the tone of their main characters. Good and attractive nature seems to reflect the good events happening in a characters life. Bad and repulsive nature imitates the bad events happening in a characters life. Going back to the times of tr

21、anscendentalists and up to the more modern age views, it is common to see the author use nature as a major symbol of their story. Although nature is used frequently as a key symbol, the authors of the 18th and 19th centuries use this imagery differently than that of contemporary authors. Transcenden

22、talism, to name a few, is the idea of man relating himself with nature. These people believe that God expresses himself through nature and if these people relate themselves to nature then they are relating themselves to God. As the representative, Emerson uses nature to help find his God. He does no

23、t use it to get away from the world. He believes that if he uses the world he can find his God and he can find his faults. Like Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne shared some of the beliefs of the transcendentalist. In The Scarlet Letter he continually relates nature to the main characters. When bad event

24、s occur he describes the repulsive nature and good events with appealing nature. He uses light vs. dark, village vs. forest, moon vs. sun, and constantly refers to roses or weeds. These symbols obviously separate good from bad. Transcendentalism is thought of as goodness where as the puritans are us

25、ually referred to with bad nature. Towards the end of the 19th Century, religious views had changed quite a bit. At that time many laws changed and America was beginning it quest for equality. Kate Chopin was one of the most influential authors of the time, not only because she was a woman but also

26、because she blended the new rights of the time into her stories. Like Self-Reliance and The Scarlet Letter, The Awakening uses nature as a symbol of freedom. The ocean was the major symbol in this story. It represents freedom, escape and self-awareness. The ocean is a place where Edna can relax and come in touch with her inner-self. The ocean comforts her in a way hat nothing else can. The ocean does for Edna what nature in general did for Emerson.)解析：解析：本题考查美国文学中人与自然的关系。在 18和 19世纪的美国文学中，自然常常与自由联系在一起。本题主要以爱默生、霍桑以及肖邦的作品，从自由的角度解读了自然的概念。